Lemon gooey butter bar
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Lemon gooey butter bar receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Lemon gooey butter bar carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Lemon gooey butter bar is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 85/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Cake base (sugar, enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], nonfat milk, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, food starch-modified, leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate], palm oil, egg whites, dextrose, salt, soy lecithin, polysorbate 60, soybean oil, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, water, guar gum, cellulose gum, natural flavor, acacia gum, citric acid), powdered sugar (sugar, corn starch), sugar, egg, unsalted butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavors), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers [xanthan and/or carob bean gum, and/or guar gum]), lemon juice, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), food starch-modified, donut sugar (dextrose, food starch-modified, palm oil, titanium dioxide [color], hydrogenated cottonseed oil, calcium propionate [preservative], corn starch, artificial flavor), natural flavor, pan spray (soy lecithin, (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, palm oil, soybean oil, natural flavor, mineral oil]), beta carotene (color).
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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